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日元對(duì)美元匯率創(chuàng)34年來(lái)新低

雙語(yǔ)新聞

TheyenjumpedsuddenlyagainstthedollaronMondayastraderscited

yen-buyinginterventionbyJapaneseauthorities.They'retryingtostoparelentless

fallinthecurrencytolevelslastseenoverthreedecadesago.

周一，日元兌美元匯率突然跳漲，交易商稱日本當(dāng)局采取了日元買入的干預(yù)措施。

他們正試圖阻止日元匯率持續(xù)下跌至30多年前的水平。

Theyenhasfallen11%againstthedollarsofarthisyear.Itplungedto34-year

lowseventhoughthecentralbankexitedfromnegativeinterestratesinahistoric

movelastmonth.Currencytradershavebetthatdespitethechange,Japaneserates

willremainlowforsometime,incontrasttorelativelyhighU.S.interestrates.Japan's

topcurrencydiplomatMasatoKandadeclinedtocommentwhenaskedifauthorities

hadintervened.Theyenhasbeensteadilyslidingformorethanthreeyearsandhas

lostmorethanone-thirdofitsvalueagainstthedollarsincethestartof2021.Inreal

termstheyenhasbeenatitsweakestsinceatleastthe1970s.

今年以來(lái)，日元兌美元匯率已下跌11%。盡管上個(gè)月日本央行采取了歷史性的舉

措，結(jié)束負(fù)利率政策，但日元匯率還是跌至34年來(lái)的最低點(diǎn)。外匯交易員認(rèn)為，盡

管日本做出了調(diào)整，但日本利率仍將在一段時(shí)間內(nèi)維持在低位，而美國(guó)利率則相對(duì)較

高。當(dāng)被問(wèn)及日本當(dāng)局是否曾干預(yù)匯市時(shí)，日本首席外匯事務(wù)官神田真人拒絕置評(píng)。

三年多來(lái)，日元一直在穩(wěn)步下滑，日元兌美元匯率自2021年初以來(lái)已經(jīng)下跌了超過(guò)

三分之一。按實(shí)際價(jià)值計(jì)算，日元至少處于上世紀(jì)70年代以來(lái)的最低點(diǎn)。

AweakeryenisaboostforJapaneseexporters,butaheadacheforpolicymakers.

Itraisesimportcosts,addstoinflationarypressuresandsqueezeshouseholds.The

yenhasbeenunderpressureasU.S.interestrateshaveclimbedandJapan'shas

stayednearzero.It'sledinvestorstocashoutoftheyenandbuydollarsforitshigher

yieldtoearn.

日元貶值對(duì)日本出口商來(lái)說(shuō)是一個(gè)提振，但對(duì)政策制定者來(lái)說(shuō)卻是一個(gè)頭疼的問(wèn)

題。它提高了進(jìn)口成本，加劇了通脹壓力，并擠壓了家庭收支。由于美國(guó)利率攀升，

而日本利率維持在近零水平，所以日元一直承壓。這促使投資者套現(xiàn)日元，買入美元，

以獲得較高的利差。

詞匯積累

1.interventionn.介入,干涉

2.plungev.陷入

3.interestrate利率

4.boostn.促進(jìn)；推動(dòng)

5.inflationaryadj,通貨膨脹的

語(yǔ)法填空

TheyenjumpedsuddenlyagainstthedollaronMondayastraderscited

yen-buyinginterventionbyJapaneseauthorities.They'retryingtostopa

relentlessfallinthecurrencytolevelslastseenoverthreedecadesago.

Theyen1(fall)11%againstthedollarsofarthisyear.Itplungedto34-year

lowseventhoughthecentralbankexitedfromnegativeinterestratesinahistoric

movelastmonth.Currencytradershavebetthat2thechange,Japaneserates

willremainlowforsometime,incontrasttorelativelyhighU.S.interestrates.Japan's

topcurrencydiplomatMasatoKandadeclinedtocommentwhen3(ask)if

authoritieshadintervened.Theyenhasbeensteadilyslidingformorethanthree

yearsandhaslostmorethanone-thirdofitsvalueagainstthedollarsincethestartof

2021.Inrealtermstheyenhasbeenatits4(weak)sinceatleastthe1970s.

AweakeryenisaboostforJapaneseexporters,but5headachefor

policymakers.Itraisesimportcosts,addstoinflationarypressuresandsqueezes

households.TheyenhasbeenunderpressureasU.S.interestrateshaveclimbedand

Japan'shasstayednearzero.It'sledinvestorstocashoutoftheyenandbuydollars

foritshigheryieldtoearn.

參考答案

1.hasfallen

2.despite

3.asked

4.weakest

5.a

美國(guó)參議院通過(guò)TikTok禁令法案

雙語(yǔ)新聞

TheclockbeginstickingdownforTikTokaftertheSenatelastnightpassed

abillgivingthesocialmediaplatformsanultimatum:selltheapp,orbebannedinthe

US.LawmakersinbothpartiessayTikTokposesaseriousnationalsecurityrisk.They

claimtheChinesegovernmentcouldforceTikTok'sownerByteDancetohandover

Americansdata,orusetheapptospreadmisinformationbypromoting

certaincontent.

美國(guó)參議院于昨晚通過(guò)了一項(xiàng)法案，向TikTok發(fā)出了最后通牒：要么出售這款應(yīng)

用，要么在美國(guó)被下架。這一社交媒體平臺(tái)現(xiàn)在開始進(jìn)入了倒計(jì)時(shí)。兩黨議員都表示，

TikTok構(gòu)成了嚴(yán)重的國(guó)家安全風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。他們聲稱，中國(guó)政府可能會(huì)迫使TikTok的母公

司字節(jié)跳動(dòng)交出美國(guó)用戶的數(shù)據(jù)，或者利用TikTok推廣某些內(nèi)容來(lái)傳播錯(cuò)誤信息。

Theplatformisusedby170millionAmericans,someofwhommakealivingoff

theapp."I'mhappierthanIhaveeverbeen,anditisbecausethisapphasopenedthe

doorformetofigureouthowIcanmakeadifferenceinthe

world,"TikTokdeniessharingdatawithChina'sgovernment,andsaysitstoresdata

intheUS.

該平臺(tái)有1.7億美國(guó)用戶，其中一些人以該應(yīng)用為生?！拔冶纫酝魏螘r(shí)候都更快

樂(lè)，這是因?yàn)檫@款應(yīng)用為我打開了一扇門，讓我明白如何才能有所作為。"TikTok否

認(rèn)與中國(guó)政府共享數(shù)據(jù)，并表示將相關(guān)數(shù)據(jù)存儲(chǔ)在了美國(guó)。

PresidentBidenisexpectedtosignthebilltoday,atthatpointByteDancewill

haveninemonthstoselltheplatform.Iftheycan'torwon'tsell,TikTokwouldnot

disappearfromphones.Americanswouldsimplybeunabletoupdateordownloadthe

app.ButByteDanceisvowingtofightthebanincourt,callingit"aclearviolation"of

theFirstAmendment.

拜登總統(tǒng)預(yù)計(jì)將于今天簽署該法案屆時(shí)字節(jié)跳動(dòng)將有九個(gè)月的時(shí)間出售該平臺(tái)。

如果他們最終沒(méi)能出售或選擇不出售，那么TikTok也不會(huì)從用戶的手機(jī)上消失。美國(guó)

用戶只是將無(wú)法更新或下載該應(yīng)用程序。但字節(jié)跳動(dòng)方面承諾，會(huì)在法庭上反對(duì)這一

禁令，稱其“明顯違反了"美國(guó)憲法第一修正案。

詞匯積累

1.billn.法案

2.securityn.安全保障

3.contentn.內(nèi)容

4.figureout解決；弄明白

5.denyv.否認(rèn)

6.vowv.鄭重宣布

語(yǔ)法填空

TheclockbeginstickingdownforTikTokaftertheSenatelastnightpassedabill

givingthesocialmediaplatformsanultimatum:selltheapp,orbebannedintheUS.

LawmakersinbothpartiessayTikTokposes1seriousnationalsecurityrisk.

TheyclaimtheChinesegovernmentcouldforceTikTok'sownerByteDancetohand

overAmericansdata,orusetheapp2(spread)misinformationbypromoting

certaincontent.

Theplatformisusedby170millionAmericans,someof3makealivingoff

theapp,"I'mhappierthanIhaveeverbeen,anditisbecausethisapphasopenedthe

doorformetofigureouthowIcanmakeadifferenceintheworld,"TikTokdenies

sharingdata4China'sgovernment,andsaysitstoresdataintheUS.

PresidentBidenisexpectedtosignthebilltoday,atthatpointByteDancewill

haveninemonthstoselltheplatform.Iftheycan'torwon'tsell,TikTokwouldnot

disappearfromphones.Americanswouldsimplybe5(able)toupdateor

downloadtheapp.ButByteDanceisvowingtofightthebanincourt,callingit"aclear

violation"oftheFirstAmendment.

參考答案

1.a

2.tospread

3.whom

4.with

5.unable

華為新機(jī)Pura70系列開售引發(fā)購(gòu)買熱潮

雙語(yǔ)新聞

Huaweistartedsellingnew,highlyanticipatedsmartphonesonThursday.Two

modelsfromitshigh-endPura70seriesweresnappedupbycustomersinChina.

AnalystsexpectthedevicetocontainanadvancedChina-madechip,similarto

Huawei'sMate60handset,whichlaunchedlastyear.TheMate60wascelebratedby

ChinesestatemediaasawinoverU.S.sanctionsonHuawei.

周四，華為開始銷售其備受期待的新款智能手機(jī)。這一高端系列Pura70的兩款

機(jī)型，在中國(guó)被客戶搶購(gòu)一空。分析人士預(yù)計(jì)，該手機(jī)將搭載先進(jìn)的中國(guó)國(guó)產(chǎn)芯片，

大致相當(dāng)于華為去年推出的Mate60手機(jī)的芯片。Mate60機(jī)型發(fā)布時(shí)，中國(guó)官方媒

體稱贊其打破了美國(guó)對(duì)華為的制裁。

ThestartingpriceforthePura70seriesisaround$760.Twoseparateversions

knownastheProandUltrawereoutofstockatHuawei'sonlinestorejustaminute

afterthesalesstarted.

Pura70系列手機(jī)的起價(jià)約為760美元。在開售一分鐘后，Pro和Ultra這兩款不

同版本的機(jī)型就在華為的網(wǎng)上商店斷貨了。

AccordingtoresearchfirmCounterpoint,Huaweisawunitsalesriseby64%

year-on-yearoverthefirstsixweeksof2024.Meanwhile,Apple'siPhonesalesin

Chinafellalmostaquarterduringthesameperiod.

根據(jù)研究公司Counterpoint的數(shù)據(jù)，華為在2024年前六周的銷量同比增長(zhǎng)了64%O

與此同時(shí)，蘋果的iPhone手機(jī)在中國(guó)的銷量同期下降了近四分之一。

詞匯積累

1.anticipatev.預(yù)期

2.devicen.設(shè)備

3.advancedadj.超前的，先進(jìn)的

4.sanctionn制裁,處罰

5.separateadj.分開的

6.spiken.尖頭，尖刺

7.analystn.分析者

語(yǔ)法填空

Huaweistartedsellingnew,1(high)anticipatedsmartphonesonThursday.

Twomodelsfromitshigh-endPura70seriesweresnappedupbycustomersinChina.

Analystsexpectthedevice2(contain)anadvancedChina-madechip,simil